Sea erosion turns Pulicat highway into 'dirt track'

250 m of beach eroded, rough waves brought loads of sand to road

- SV KRISHNA CHAITANYA

WITH sea erosion peaking in the last few months, a portion of the state highway road connecting Pulicat villages with Kattupalli is gradually going underwater.

Close to 250 metres of the beach has eroded near Karungali and rough sea waves are making a splash into the highway, bringing along with it loads of sand, making the road unmotorable.

TNIE recently visited the site and witnessed the hardship endured by thousands of people daily amidst the absence of a proper motorable road.

While the road is no longer suited for cars, people on two-wheelers are also at risk as the wheels often get stuck in slushy sand.

If not for the two concrete training walls, the highway would have eroded and Kosathalaiyar River would have merged with the sea.